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Arnett (2015) suggests that the age range of 18-25 years is transitioning from late adolescence to young adults' emergence. Like other stages of age, young adults also have demanding developmental tasks to complete. One goal is to build strong and lasting relationships with their partners through marriage (Papalia, Olds, & Feldman, 2009). For this reason, young adults need to equip themselves with marital readiness. Marital readiness may improve the quality of a marriage. Holman & Li (1997) stated that marital readiness is one of the essential factors determining marriage quality in the future. Marital readiness is an important thing for every couple who is getting married to reduce the divorce rate. The trend of the divorce rate in Indonesia is increasing from year to year. The number of divorces in almost all provinces in Indonesia increased in the 2016-2019 period (Statistic Indonesia, 2020). DKI Jakarta Province is the fifthhighest number of divorces in Indonesia, with an average increase in divorces of more than 1,000 cases in a year. The divorced cases from 2016 to 2019 are 11,321; 12,653; 14,163 and 15,325, respectively. Of course, the high number of divorces is quite alarming, considering the impact of divorce can potentially reduce human resources' quality in the future. Marital readiness is the ability perceived by individuals to carry out the roles, responsibilities, and challenges of marriage (Larson & Thayne, 1999). However, readiness to marry is still not a priority for most families and couples getting married. ARTICLE INFO ABST RACT